You know those amber teething necklaces that are the craze now in teething? Well, I am about ready to purchase a billion of them! My little Natalie is teething, and it is miserable! I never recall Aiden's teeth bothering him this much, and had I recalled that...well, I have no idea what I would have done differently. At any rate, she is growing. This morning as I sat with her trying everything I knew to ease her pain, and make this at least a tolerable experience I thought about how painful, and difficult growing can be. Babies, toddlers, children, teenagers, adults, and seniors alike...growing up, and growing older is not easy.
Each chapter of life has it's own growing pain I think. Right now Natalie's is teething, Aiden's is learning manners, reading, etc, mine...it is the growing pain of a stay-at-home-mom, and wife.
And while these little growing pain's of ours are not easy they are necessary. Growing in any way is good. We are meant to grow our bodies to a certain age, our minds need continual growth, our soul needs growth for a lifetime, and the little lesson's in life that grow us are often painful, but in the end they cultivate us into an even better person.
I can remember about one week ago sending Rob a text message while I was out of town...it said, "Am I strong enough to do this...?" I was about to bite of a big step in my life, and I was scared, spreading my wings and growing in this instance was really hard. However, it has advanced me in many arena's in my life. Much like Natalie's teething will advance her onto more foods,and Aiden's reading will advance his intelligence.
I used to fear growth of any kind. Why? Because it is scary. I used to fear Aiden growing...I didn't want him to get bigger, but, I need to learn to embrace growth for myself, Aiden, Natalie, and even my husband.
So, while it is scary, often painful, and unknown growing is a really good thing. Typically the pain of growth is only temporary, and the benefits far outweigh the temporary discomfort.
Each chapter of life has it's own growing pain I think. Right now Natalie's is teething, Aiden's is learning manners, reading, etc, mine...it is the growing pain of a stay-at-home-mom, and wife.
And while these little growing pain's of ours are not easy they are necessary. Growing in any way is good. We are meant to grow our bodies to a certain age, our minds need continual growth, our soul needs growth for a lifetime, and the little lesson's in life that grow us are often painful, but in the end they cultivate us into an even better person.
I can remember about one week ago sending Rob a text message while I was out of town...it said, "Am I strong enough to do this...?" I was about to bite of a big step in my life, and I was scared, spreading my wings and growing in this instance was really hard. However, it has advanced me in many arena's in my life. Much like Natalie's teething will advance her onto more foods,and Aiden's reading will advance his intelligence.
I used to fear growth of any kind. Why? Because it is scary. I used to fear Aiden growing...I didn't want him to get bigger, but, I need to learn to embrace growth for myself, Aiden, Natalie, and even my husband.
So, while it is scary, often painful, and unknown growing is a really good thing. Typically the pain of growth is only temporary, and the benefits far outweigh the temporary discomfort.